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GEORGE. WQBIsHorz or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ALette/rs Patent No. 83,127 elated Octoberl 20, 1868; wntedcted October 6, 1868.

REYEN'UE-STAMP FOR LQUOR-BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BISHOP, of Bait-iand do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference f.

.oe'ives the impression of the die;

Figure 7 represents a plan View; and Figures 8 andl 9 are printed-blank forms, which are used by the inspector.

y My invention is intended for use upon liquor-barrels,

and tobe placed over the bung, so as to prevent fraud on the revenue.

In the annexed drawings, Af' represents a nairow oblong metallic plate, the imder part of which is slightly taken oii, as seen in fig. 4, so that it may conform to the central bulge of the barrel. Thel centre of this plate, on the top face, is ,foirned into an oblong square box, B, as shown. Both of the upper sides of plate A are slightly raised, and are so bevelled as to form narrowyiianges for securing a iiat metallic slide, D, which extends the entire length of the plate and under the central box B.

a a represent screw-holes for coimectingthe plate A to the barrel, which connection is made prior to the insertion of theslide D.

- a; x a: represent -small holes in the under part of the box A, through -which pins `are passed. Like holes are-'made in the centre of the slide, which correspond with the holes in thebox.

This plate, with its box and slide, maybe cast of any y suitable metal, and is intended to be used onlyupon one barrel., l

C represents the impression-stamp. lhis stamp is made of lead, or other equivalent soft met-al, and is around said heads, to prevent them from becoming extracted from the stamp. This stamp is made to iit neatly in the box B, which box is bevelled 'from top l to bottom on its four sides, (see d, figs, 4 and 5,) so

that after the stamp is placed within .it and the die impressed on its top by the revenue officer, the metal will be forced under the bevelled edges, and rigidly held in the'box.

Under the box B there is a small space, within which isV placed a short metal plate, g, and which lies directly over the bung, and under a narrow horizontal groove, z, g. 2, made where the ends of the pins x x pass through.

B, directlyover the bung, and a printed blank, 'i t', put in a space each side of the box. The slide is -then itted into the grooves, and the stamp C is then placed into the box, with the pins b b passing through the box and slide D, the ends thereof resting on the metal plate y.

corded it on the duplicate blanks, and afiixed the slide D, the impression is niade on the stamp, which forces the metal of the stamp under the edges of its box, and at the same time tiuns the ends of pins upon the metal plate y, and causes them to lie in the groove z, so as to ei'iectnally prevent the extraction of the stamp.

Upon the printed blanks it', which lie under the slide D, are placed the date of inspection, the lot-num bering, from one to ten, or other munber, number of gallons in the lot, the tax paid, and the number of the barrel, and any other matter desired. O11 the back of the form is the name of the inspector, his district, and State.

It will be understood that the bung cannot be' taken from the barrel without the stamp herein described is first taken oli, or the stamp obliterated. The slide being over the screw-holes, cannot be taken off, hence it becomes necessary to destroy it whenthe dealer desires to open the bmig. This is is done by cutting (with a chisel or other instrument) each side of the box B through the stamp. The dealer then can extract the bung and thestamp, and will retain one of the forms, i, and .transmit the other to the -revenue oiiice of the United States. lThe one he retains is his voucher to show that the tax has been paid, and the other one, that he forwards, is a voucher against the officer who has collected the revenue.

I may shorten the plate A, and use my device for covering spicket-holes. In that case there would be no forms used.

rIhe oiicer marks each barrel with astencil or other plate, and places a check or form, t', with a number to correspond with the number marked on the barrel, so that the check can be used for that barrel alone.

My mvention obviates the necessity of destroying the barrel after once used, as is now the practice. lI only destroy the/stamp.

. Having thus fully described my invention,

This device is vconnected to the barrel, with the box After the otticer has made the' inspection, and re- What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The oblong plate A, provided with anges on the sides, and with a. central box, B, when constructed subf stantially as and for the purposes specied'. n

2. The stamp. 0made of soft metal, andprovided with pins b 1v, as described, and usedwth the bevelled b ox B, substantal1y-asset forth.

3. The combination of the perforated slide D with the box B in the'plate A, aud 'stamp O, when used as and for the purposes specified.

4.` The forms L i', plared in the plate A under the slide D, as and for the purposes specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hele-l vunto set my hand, this 26th day of February, 1868.

Witnesses: GEO. W. BISHOP.

O. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MASON. 

